Details

• Department: External Communications
• Schedule: Full Time Monday - Friday 8am-5pm CT
• Location: Partially Remote

Benefits

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  Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

• Develop the external communications market strategy for Indiana and drive execution of the external communications plan, in partnership with advocacy, marketing, and internal communications
• Act as the chief storyteller for Ascension Indiana, crafting our local narrative and developing impactful messages that support our market objectives
• Partner with Ascension Indiana’s Advocacy team to develop public affairs and community engagement campaigns, using external communications strategies to advance advocacy goals that align to organizational priorities
• Provide external communications counsel and support to our Indiana Ministry Market Executive and to other market partner teams
• Act as media spokesperson for the Ascension Indiana market
• Lead day-to-day management of the strategic communications, public affairs, social media, media relations and external messaging development in Indiana
• Create thought leadership campaigns that elevate and protect Ascension’s reputation in Indiana
• Lead local crisis communications efforts, in partnership with other communications and advocacy leads
• Manage an external agency and the budget for all Indiana external communications activities
• Drive data based KPIs for Indiana, tied to strategic, operational and advocacy objectives
• Ensure that communications reflect the Mission, Vision and Values of Ascension as a healing ministry of the Catholic Church.
• Maintain flexible availability and responsiveness both during and outside of normal work hours as necessary

• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as critical thinking, strategic counseling and decisive judgment.
• Ideally the candidate will also have a knowledge of Ascension history and current initiatives, the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, and external communications practices and standards.
• Must be able to work in a stressful, fast-paced environment

• Ten to fifteen years of communications experience with strategic decision-making responsibilities, ideally in the Indiana market or with oversight for Indiana
• Experience driving local thought leadership campaigns, in partnership with advocacy and marketing teams
• Demonstrated experience and comfort regularly engaging with local reporters on background, off-the-record and on the record
• Experience as an on-the-record spokesperson
• Experience with crisis communications in high-stakes scenarios

Requirements

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

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